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- ↑ Mogford, Janice C. "Yates, Elizabeth 1840–1848?–1918". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography . Ministry for Culture and Heritage . Retrieved 7 April 2011.
- ↑ Mitchell, G. G. M. (1963). Onehunga, 120 Years Progress 1843–1963.